| − | Cornus florida, Linn. (Cynoxylon floridum, Raf.). Flowering Dogwood. Fig. 1067. Shrub or small tree with spreading branches, 10-15 ft., rarely to 40 ft.: lvs. oval or ovate, acute, dark green and glabrous above, glaucous or whitish beneath, usually only pubescent on the veins, 3-6 in. long: involucre white or pinkish, 3—4 in. wide; bracts 4, obovate, emarginate: fr. ½in. long, scarlet. May. Mass, to Fla., west to Ont. and Texas, also E. and S. Mex. S.S. 5:112-13. Em. 468. G.F.3:431. B.M.526. Gn. 33, p. 441; 43, p. 153; 52, p. 177; 53, p. 222. J.H. III. 28:453.; 55:331. F.E. 23:511. G. 34:531. Gn. M. 5:138. M.D.G. 1898:405. V. 5:230; 20:51.—One of the most beautiful American flowering trees; hardy N. Var. pendula, Dipp. With pendulous branches. F.E. 17, p. 68. V. 13:333. Var. rubra, Andr6. With pink involucre. R.H. 1894:500. A.G. 18:441. F.E. 9:572. B.M. 8315. G. 28:689. Neither variety as hardy as the type.
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